What about a cutlass?

because people didn't wear fucking armor

so yes

most of european history

swords straight

rapiers were commonly a sidearm for generals for a large period of time

curved swords come later

@Lucienne d'Anwyl yes nigger, they're all beautiful. But older than curved, because of the whole difficulty in tempering.

cutlasses and sabers

Exactly

straight swords > curved swords

I wish a fair Princess would take my hand in marriage

but most of european history

straight swords

double edged

cause body armor became lesser and lesser

yeah

curved swords suck ass

@juts kill nme Wish in one hand, shit in the other, then see which fills up first. <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

against armour

curved swords are decent in areas where metal is hard to come by and the people arent smart enough to treat wood/leather properly

@Tato Whips have literally never been used as combat weapons my dude. Even thick clothing would be adequate protection against it, and controlling it even without an opponent trying to bash your face in wasn't exactly easy. So no, whips aren't real weapons.

in east it swords have always been curved cause not much armor

so the middle east and the balkan-ish areas

@Nahkasetä maybe like gladiators

When I can, I'll be making my own sword a claymore, but with one side of the guard trailing up higher. This is to use it swung from the shoulder, and not the elbow

@Kealor they didn't have armored units

um tato

@Nahkasetä whips have literally been used in georgia by nobles and know warriors

east has had plenty of armour

lol

the fucking persians were known

for their proto knights

As a large sword is dumb to use from the elbow

the clibinarii

he means chink east lu

actual east

chink east had shitty armour

depends on when luci

but it was still hevy

i believe the persians actually did have less access to metals than most